Mike Chen:
CLASS OF 1992
Golden West High SchoolClass of 1992
Visalia, CA
Mike's Story
Mike is from Visalia, California. Mike's schools include Golden West High School. Mike later attended The U.S. Army (WHC - TSSBI, SW Engineering) .
Music Mike likes includes Jon The Journalist, Left on Red, 80's and 90's. Books Mike likes include The Man Who Quit Money, Charles Dickens, Economist. Movies Mike likes include A Bronx Tale, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Office Space. TV shows Mike likes include Last Chance Driving School on A&E, Hardcore Pawn, CBS Evening News.
One of Mike's favorite quotes is:""A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." ~Winston Churchill
"Trust, but verify." ~Ronald Reagan
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." ~Albert Einstein
"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." ~Frederick the Great king of Prussia 1740-1786 (1712 - 1786)
"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1904
"Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds." ~Albert Einstein
"He who knows not and knows not he knows not, He is a fool- Shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not, He is simple- Teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows, He is asleep- Awaken him.
He who knows and knows that he knows, He is wise- Follow him." ~Lee Jun Fan (Bruce Lee)
“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise” ~Victor Hugo
"As democracy is perfe...Expand for more
cted, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ~H. L. Mencken (dedicated to "W")
"Isn't it strange
That princes and kings,
And clowns that caper
In sawdust rings,
And common people
Like you and me
Are builders for eternity?
Each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass,
A book of rules;
And each must make-
Ere life is flown-
A stumbling block-
Or a steppingstone. ."
~R.L Sharpe, A Bag of Tools, circa 1809.
"And take upon 's the mystery of things,
As if we were God's spies." ~Shakespeare, King Lear
"Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?" ~Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." ~Ezra Solomon, as quoted in Psychology Today (March 1984)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." ~Upton Sinclair, Author and Journalist
"People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself." ~Doris Lessing
"People are just getting dumber, but more opinionated." ~Ernestine, The Human Stain (2003)
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin, February 1775
"Being good at stupid doesn't count." ~Mike Chen, 2007".
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